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Carling Cup Draw This Morning - Ipswich Town News

Town will discover their Carling Cup first round opponents at 9.30am this morning when the Football League make the draw. The Blues are amongst the seeded clubs in the regionally split section of the competition.

The Carling Cup's first round is divided between the north and the south, although Town could still get ties as far away as Exeter and Torquay.

Last season, the Blues beat Leyton Orient and Colchester in the trophy before losing at Wigan, all three games having been played at Portman Road.

Town's league fixtures will be announced at 10am on Wednesday morning when they will appear in full on TWTD.

Full details of the Carling Cup seeding and those clubs with byes to future rounds below.

South â€" Seeded
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
Colchester United
Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town
Millwall
MK Dons
Norwich City
Peterborough United
Plymouth Argyle
Queens Park Rangers
Reading
Southampton
Southend United
Swansea City
Watford

South - Unseeded
AFC Bournemouth
Aldershot Town
Barnet
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Dagenham & Redbridge
Exeter City
Gillingham
Hereford United
Leyton Orient
Northampton Town
Shrewsbury Town
Swindon Town
Torquay United
Wycombe Wanderers
Yeovil Town

North - Seeded
Barnsley
Blackpool
Coventry City
Derby County
Doncaster Rovers
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Leicester City
Nottingham Forest
Oldham Athletic
Preston North End
Scunthorpe United
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Tranmere Rovers
Walsall
West Bromwich Albion

North - Unseeded
Accrington Stanley
Bradford City
Bury
Carlisle United
Chesterfield
Crewe Alexandra
Darlington
Grimsby Town
Hartlepool United
Lincoln City
Macclesfield Town
Morecambe
Notts County
Port Vale
Rochdale
Rotherham United
Stockport County

Byes to Second Round
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Hull City
Manchester City
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wigan Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Byes to Third Round
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester United

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